Interwebbed: Cyber & Crypto News for April 22

It’s a busy Hump Day here at The Cryptosphere global HQ: we have screaming hot Google news, Arab Spring fallout, new ways to catch the cops red-handed, and a staggeringly greedy, retroactive power grab by Big Tractor, not to mention the latest in hacktivism and cyberwar news.

Aaron’s Law Rises! Thanks to a triumvirate of US Senators, the law named after the late Aaron Swartz is back on the table. Aaron’s Law aims to reintroduce the concepts of justice and proportion with regards to hacktivist sentencing guidelines. Aaron Swartz killed himself while awaiting trial for, essentially, sharing academic papers online. He faced 30 years in prison (RonWyden)

To catch a stingray! New device bills itself as a Stingray sniffer, can tell you when your cellphone is being spied on by police (ArsTechnica)

In The Continuing Saga of Arab Spring: Egypt’s former democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi, is sentenced to 20 years for acting like a dictator (NYT)

“Stop Cyber Spying” campaign kicks off, telling the government loud and clear to mind their own business. Led by the Electronic Freedom Foundation and other activist groups, the campaign focuses on education and grassroots activism (StopCyberSpying)

Peek inside an anti-malware lab and take a close-up look at how the researchers at Sophos deal with the malware cycle over time. It’s like playing whack-a-mole, only the moles are invisible. (NakedSecurity)